§ 56-0405. Municipal recycling projects.\n 1. As used in this section the following terms mean:\n (a) "Recyclables recovery equipment" means structures, machinery or\ndevices, singly or in combination, designed, constructed and required\nprimarily to separate, process, modify, convert, treat, or prepare\ncollected solid waste, including household hazardous waste, which is\nincluded as part of a recyclables recovery program so that component\nmaterials or substances or recoverable resources may be used as a raw\nmaterial for new products or for useful purposes other than for energy\nrecovery.\n (b) "Recyclables recovery program" means a program undertaken by a\nmunicipality consistent with requirements of section one hundred\ntwenty-aa of the general municipal law to provide for the\nenvironmentally sound recovery of recyclables, primarily involving the\ncollection, aggregation and processing of recyclable materials for their\nuse as raw materials for new products or for other useful purposes other\nthan for energy recovery, through facilities planned, designed and\nconstructed to ensure environmental protection and to maximize the\npotential for recyclables recovery. Such program shall have been\napproved by the commissioner and undertaken consistent with any local\nsolid waste management plan pursuant to section 27-0107 of this chapter.\n (c) "Recycling project" means recyclables recovery equipment, source\nseparation equipment, a recyclables recovery program or any combination\nthereof required by a recyclables recovery program.\n (d) "Source separation equipment" means municipally owned:\n (i) add-ons or trailers designed to modify collection vehicles to\nallow sorting and separation of collected wastes held for the purpose of\nrecycling;\n (ii) containers for the source separation and temporary storage of\nrecyclable wastes by commercial, industrial and institutional\ngenerators, and for the source separation and temporary storage of\nrecyclable materials by single family and multiple family dwellings\nprior to collection;\n (iii) bins, sheds or other facilities for the temporary storage of\nmaterials prior to transport for the purposes of recycling; and\n (iv) collection vehicles specifically designed to hold and transport\nsource-separated recyclables.\n 2. State assistance payments toward the cost of municipal recycling\nprojects shall be made pursuant to this title with the approval of the\ncommissioner.\n 3. In reviewing applications for state assistance payments for\nmunicipal recycling projects, the commissioner shall give due\nconsideration to:\n (a) the adequacy of the municipality's recycling program and its\nrelationship to the needs and plans of other municipalities; provided,\nhowever, that such adequacy shall be determined in part by the efforts\nundertaken to date by the municipality to implement a mandatory source\nseparation law or ordinance required pursuant to section one hundred\ntwenty-aa of the general municipal law;\n (b) the suitability and feasibility of the project in relation to the\nrecycling program and the area to be served;\n (c) the proportion of solid waste for which recyclables recovery is\ncontemplated and the extent to which the project is consistent with the\nstatewide solid waste recycling goals established under the state solid\nwaste management plan, pursuant to section 27-0103 of this chapter;\n (d) the potential for coordination and consolidation of solid waste\nmanagement practices among municipalities within specified areas,\nregions or planning units;\n (e) the implementation of the system or components thereof and their\nexpected terms of usefulness, singly or in combination;\n (f) the present and projected population, land use, and rates and\ncomposition of solid waste generation;\n (g) the potential or contemplated markets for recovered recyclables\nand the extent to which the full avoided costs of proper collection,\ntransportation and disposal of source se
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